Learn English – the noun form of “erratic”

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Erratic doesn't have a meaning related to error. It means eccentric, or unsteady instead. Error has its adjective form as erroneous and errant. So what is the noun of erratic?

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ODO shows erraticism as the noun.

adjective
not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable:

erraticism
noun

It is related to error in that they both stem from Latin errare, to stray (from the truth in one case, from the straight and narrow in the other).

Increasing Monsoon unpredictability and erraticism

Though the erraticism of India’s monsoons is fairly documented, research provides ample proof that global warming has added to the unpredictability and erraticism of the same.

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